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SUMMARY:Alexandra Mattraw\, Norman Fischer\, and Tiff Dressen
DESCRIPTION:This is a book launch and celebration for Alexandra Mattraws new book\, small siren. \nAlexandra Mattraw is a Berkeley poet and fourth generation native of Northern California. Her debut full-length book\, small siren\, was published this spring at Cultural Society. Alexandra is also the author of four chapbooks\, including flood psalm (2017)\, published with Dancing Girl Press. Her poems and reviews have appeared in American Letters and Commentary\, Denver Quarterly\, Eleven Eleven\, Fourteen Hills\, The Poetry Project\, VOLT\, The Volta\, and elsewhere. In Oakland\, she curates an art centric writing and performance series called Lone Glen\, now in its seventh year. \nAbout small siren: \n“When good poetry hits\, it animates the actual\, it becomes the actual. That’s small siren: a serious romp of constructive music that is what it says. Science and nature unlock their mysteries by being precise; in small siren the words — cut\, spliced\, compressed — form units of attention enacting the physical world so precisely that even the sun and the moon ride their arcs untroubled. Across cities and seas\, Alexandra Mattraw’s language isn’t attached to images; it comes out of them\, like a birthright. The authenticity is declarative and unmistakable: ‘A sign is a block\, an island\, a cloud\, a clock.’ She makes it real.”\n— Aaron Shurin \n“Though cradled by earth\, Mattraw’s poems wander through a new human condition. Or are the songs of spirits who won’t tiptoe around their biographers. Through the unregistered versions of ourselves\, we can read these poems and worry about having regular bodies later. Here is a beautiful lesson or wager that on a page you can risk your dreams.” \n—Tongo Eisen-Martin \n“In Alexandra Mattraw’s much-awaited first book\, small siren\, we encounter a poet of extraordinary observation and inquiry. An enchantment and engagement with the world commences: “when is a voice a piano\,’ “repetition needs to believe\,’ “what grew before you could speak’ build a kind of groundswell where Mattraw puts her ear to the hardscape of 21st century America and its global environs: Sao Paolo\, Iceland\, New Zealand. Ultimately\, notions of country and categories break down. What we find is heresy\, hearsay\, and yes\, wishes. Throughout\, what survives is a relationship of love and courage\, of errors and triumph. A human relationship of lovers\, of family. This is a book of wonder and awe and strength. When the world goes down\, I want to be in Alexandra Mattraw’s boat.” \n—Gillian Conoley \nNorman Fischer is a poet\, essayist\, and Zen Buddhist priest. The latest of his more than twenty-five prose and poetry titles are (poetry) any would be if (Chax\, 2017) and Magnolias All At Once (Singing Horse\, 2015). Forthcoming in 2018 from PURH in France is his serial poem On a Train at Night. And from Talisman the poem Untitled Series: Life As It is. His latest prose works are What Is Zen? Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind\, and Experience: Thinking\, Writing\, Language and Religion. He is the founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org)\, a network of Zen meditation groups and other projects. His books are distributed by Small Press Distribution in Berkeley\, CA. \nTiff Dressen was born and raised in St. Paul\, Minnesota. SONGS FROM THE ASTRAL BESTIARY (lyric& Press\, 2014) is their first full-length collection of poetry. They recently migrated from Oakland to the Portola neighborhood of San Francisco and work in the Office of Research at UC Berkeley. They are the author of Keeper (Woodland Editions\, 2005)\, Because Icarus-children (WinteRed Press\, December 2010) and for Aeolus: variations on the element (co-published by the g.e. collective and Poetry Flash\, 2011). Their work has appeared in many journals including New American Writing\, VOLT and 26: A journal of poetry and poetics\, and YewJournal. They enjoy spending time at the SF Center for the Book honing their typesetting and letterpress printing skills.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexandra-mattraw-norman-fischer-and-tiff-dressen/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, June 5\, 7:30 pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano \nJazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories. \nPeople love hearing jazz…and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis\, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich were original\, colorful characters artists who said and did astonishing things. Fortunately their colleagues cared enough to document these moments in stories and pictures and we now have a rich repository of photos and anecdotes about these artists\, and about the American songwriters and composers who created the raw material of jazz. \nJazz Stories is a performance of the songs of jazz from its most creative periods intensified with illuminating\, funny and touching true stories of the time. \nCome hear music and jazz stories you probably have never heard…but will never forget. Hosted by Richard Leiter. \nThe first Tuesday of every month at Pegasus Books Solano. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nTuesday\, June 5\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Solano\n1855 Solano Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jazz-stories-live-jazz-wonderful-stories/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Charlie LeDuff presents SH*TSHOW!
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Charlie LeDuff to the store to discuss his new book\, Sh*tshow!: The Country’s Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great\, on Wednesday\, June 6th at 7pm.  \nA daring\, firsthand\, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America\, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy’s ranch to Donald Trump’s unstoppable campaign for President–at every turn\, Pulitzer-prize winner and bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy\, Charlie LeDuff was there \nIn the Fall of 2013\, long before any sane person had seriously considered the possibility of a Trump presidency\, Charlie LeDuff sat in the office of then-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes\, and made a simple but prophetic claim: The whole country is bankrupt and on high boil. It’s a shitshow out there. No one in the bubbles of Washington\, DC.\, New York\, or Los Angles was talking about it–least of all the media. LeDuff wanted to go to the heart of the country to report what was really going on. Ailes baulked. Could the hard-living and straight-shooting LeDuff be controlled? But\, then\, perhaps on a whim\, he agreed. And so LeDuff set out to record a TV series called\, “The Americans\,” and\, along the way\, ended up bearing witness to the ever-quickening unraveling of The American Dream. \nFor three years\, LeDuff travelled the width and breadth of the country with his team of production irregulars\, ending up on the Mexican border crossing the Rio Grande on a yellow rubber kayak alongside undocumented immigrants; in the middle of Ferguson as the city burned; and watching the children of Flint get sick from undrinkable water. Racial\, political\, social\, and economic tensions were escalating by the day. The inexorable effects of technological change and globalization were being felt more and more acutely\, at the same time as wages stagnated and the price of housing\, education\, and healthcare went through the roof. The American people felt defeated and abandoned by their politicians\, and those politicians seemed incapable of rising to the occasion. The old way of life was slipping away\, replaced only by social media\, part-time work\, and opioid addiction. \nSh*tshow is that true\, tragic\, and distinctively American story\, told from the parts of the country hurting the most. Old-school\, gonzo-style reporting\, LeDuff confronts the darkest parts of the American psyche and a desperately-needed reminder of the country’s best instincts. \nAbout the Author \nCharlie LeDuff is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist\, formerly at the New York Times and the Detroit News\, and currently on Detroit’s Fox 2 News. He was one of several reporters who worked on the New York Times series “How Race Is Lived in America\,” which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. LeDuff has covered the war in Iraq\, crossed the border with Mexican migrants\, and chronicled a Brooklyn fire house in the aftermath of 9/11. The author of Detroit\, US Guys\, and Work and Other Sins\, he lives near Detroit. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, June 6\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSh*tshow!: The Country’s Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great (Hardcover)\n\nBy Charlie LeDuff\n$27.00\nISBN: 9780525522027\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Penguin Press – May 22nd\, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrowse For Books\n\nPeruse our shelves \n\n\n\nBestsellers\n\nFiction & Poetry Bestsellers \nNonfiction Bestsellers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNewsletter\n\nSign up \n\n\n\nAudio\n\nYour audiobook needs await you at Libro.fm \nCouldn’t make it to an event? See here for audio! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHours & Directions | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Return Polic
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LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Mostly Flash With a Dash of Haiku
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Sara McAulay\, Amos White\, Jon Sindell\, Jacqueline Doyle. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest (see below). Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mostly-flash-with-a-dash-of-haiku/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:ANDREW WEATHERS/ROOTLESS/FOREST FLORO
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of relaxing ambient electronic music and dreamy acoustic sounds by Andrew Weathers (TX)/Rootless (LA) / and Oakland’s own Forest Floor. Doors open at 7:20. Show at 7:30. 5-10 dollar donation NOTALOTOF \nAndrew Weathers:\nhttps://andrewweathers.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-tree \nRootless:\nhttps://cabinflooresoterica.bandcamp.com/album/cfe-66-sculptures-deep-within-the-cave \nForest Floor:\nhttps://forestfloorpragmatism.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrew-weathers-rootless-forest-floro/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Tapestries of Shadow and Light: Three Writers and the Legacy of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Meet authors Rachel Hall\, Elizabeth Rosner and Hilary Zaid as they read from their work and discuss how the Holocaust continues to resonate in their lives and in their writing. \nBooks will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Laurel Book Store. \nMore about the authors: \nRachel Hall is the author of Heirlooms (BkMk Press)\, which was selected by Marge Piercy for the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize. Winner of the Phillip McMath Post Publication Award\, Heirlooms was also the runner-up for the Edward Wallant award\, and finalist for the Balcones Prize for Fiction\, the Montaigne Medal\, and the Eric Hoffer Award. It was longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize. Rachel’s short stories and essays have appeared in a number of journals and anthologies including Black Warrior Review\, Crab Orchard Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Guernica\, and New Letters\, which awarded her the Alexander Cappon Prize for Fiction. She has received other honors and awards from Lilith\, Glimmer Train\, Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ conferences\, Ragdale\, the Ox-Bow School of the Arts\, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Her family’s wartime papers and photographs\, the inspiration for these stories\, are housed in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, DC. \nElizabeth Rosner is an internationally award-winning novelist\, poet\, and essayist\, whose books have been translated into ten languages. Her national-bestselling first novel\,The Speed of Light\, won Hadassah Magazine’s Ribalow Prize of 2001\, judged by Elie Wiesel. Her second novel Blue Nude and her third novel Electric City were named by The San Francisco Chronicle and NPR among the best books of 2006 and 2014\, respectively. \nBorn in Schenectady\, New York\, Rosner is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors\, and much of her work is inspired by the impact of their experiences on her imagination and identity. Her newest book\, Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory\, published in fall 2017\, was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and in The New York Times. She holds degrees from Stanford\, UC Irvine\, and the University of Queensland in Australia\, and she lives in Berkeley. \nHilary Zaid is the author of Paper is White\, a novel. A 2017 Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, she is also an alumna of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Tin House Writers’ Workshop. Her short fiction has appeared in print and online venues including Lilith Magazine\, The Southwest Review\, The Utne Reader\, CALYX\, The Santa Monica Review\, and The Tahoma Literary Review and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. An alumna of Harvard and Radcliffe\, she holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California\, Berkeley. She lives in Oakland with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tapestries-of-shadow-and-light-three-writers-and-the-legacy-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library\, 125 14th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Medea Benjamin Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of Iran
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present \nMEDEA BENJAMIN\nInside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran \nHosted by Mickey Huff \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or Books Inc/Berkeley\, Pegasus Books (3 sites)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, Mrs. Dalloway’s. East Bay Books $15 door\, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events\, wheelchair access \nMedea Benjamin\, one of America’s best-known and most effective activists\, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange\, is the author of Drone Warfare and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S-Saudi Connection. In 2012 she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize\, and in 2014 the Gandhi Peace Award. \nNow Medea has written the first general-audience progressive book on Iran’s history and politics\, recounting Iran’s history from the pre-colonial period through the CIA-engineered coup that in 1953 overthrew the country’s democratic leadership\, to its emergence as the only nation (other than Russia\, of course) both Democrats and Republicans regularly denounce. Benjamin draws upon her firsthand experiences with Iranian politicians\, activists and everyday citizens to provide a deeper understanding of the extraordinary complexities of Iranian society and the national role in the region. \nIn 1979 the Iranian Revolution brought a Shia theocracy to the 80 million inhabitants of the Middle East’s second largest country. In the decades since\, bitter relations have persisted between the U.S. and Iran. Yet how is it that Iran has become the primary target of American antagonism\, when Saudi Arabia – a regime far more repressive – has become one of America’s closest allies? \nTackling the contradictions in Iran’s system of government\, its religion\, and its citizens’ way of life\, Inside Iran cuts sharply through the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding U.S.-Iranian relations to present a realistic and hopeful case for the two nations’ future.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/medea-benjamin-inside-iran-the-real-history-politics-of-iran/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Clearly Meant presents Bruce H. Feingold
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Haiku poet Bruce Feingold will read his poems\, then sit for an interview and discussion.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clearly-meant-presents-bruce-h-feingold/
LOCATION:Claremont Branch\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2940 Benvenue Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Caroline Arden
DESCRIPTION:Launch for her debut YA novel\, The High Climber of Dark Water Bay \n“Arden has created the hero we have been waiting for in Young Adult Lit–Lizzie is authentic\, relatable and proves herself a force to be reckoned with. Engaging and immersive\, [her] writing is clean and crisp. Vivid imagery and concise storytelling combine to create a story for all ages.”–Kathleen Kaufman\, author of The Lairdbalor \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of The High Climber of Dark Water Bay by speaking with a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 9\, 2018 – 4:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nTwelve-year-old Lizzie is in trouble. She used to live a comfortable life with her loving father\, but after the stock market crash of 1929 and his sudden death\, she and her family now live in poverty. Lizzie is expected to help support the family\, but she can’t even cook without burning food. One day\, a letter arrives. Her wealthy uncle has offered her a paying job as a summer governess for her two young cousins at a remote logging camp\, so she travels alone into the wilderness of Vancouver\, British Columbia. To her horror\, she discovers that her uncle is missing from the camp. Penniless and stranded\, Lizzie’s worst fears are soon confirmed–she is being held hostage by the camp’s boss. “Accidents are easy to explain in the woods\,” he writes in a ransom letter to her uncle. Lizzie learns that in order to survive\, she will have to perform the most dangerous job at the camp–the high climber. She has one chance to save herself and return to her family. Her intelligence and bravery will be tested to the limit as she pulls on the climber harness to prove to everyone\, including herself\, what she is truly capable of. \nCaroline Arden holds an MFA in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University. As a child she spent her summers at her grandparents’ home at a former logging camp in British Columbia. Now she lives in Santa Cruz with her husband and daughters.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/caroline-arden/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:SHAZAM\, Linda and Carolyn at Works in Progress Women's Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:a WOMEN-ONLY event�\nFeaturing poets and birthday girls Linda Zeiser and Carolyn Stull-Zeiser as well as singer-songwriter SHAZAM\nHosted by Linda Zeiser\n$7 – $10 Admission includes raffle ticket for one of ten copies of THE HORIZONTAL POET by Jan Steckel\n6:30 – 7:30 Potluck: bring your favorite dish to share.\n7:30 – 10:15 Performance\nProduced by Linda Zeiser & Carolyn Stull Zeiser.\nTo reserve open mic slot\, contact Linda at (510) 701-1022\, ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com\, well in advance.\nWIP is a creative space for women’s art: Poets\, Musicians\, Comediennes\, and Performance Artists. All are encouraged to share their works\, completed or evolving. Scent free and wheelchair accessible (bathroom unfortunately not completely accessible).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shazam-linda-and-carolyn-at-works-in-progress-womens-open-mic/
LOCATION:Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church\, 424 Monte Vista\, Oakland\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Bryant and Cher Wollard
DESCRIPTION:Poetry reading by Cynthia Bryant and Cher Wollard\, followed by an open mic\, hosted by Jeanne Lupton every second Saturday monthly\, Frank Bette and Center for the Arts\, 1601 Paru Street\, Alameda\, 7:00 (510/523-6957\, www.frankbettecenter.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cynthia-bryant-and-cher-wollard/
LOCATION:Frank Bette Center for the Arts\, 1601 Paru Street\, Alameda\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180612T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180612T203000
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SUMMARY:This is Now with Angie Coiro presents: Ken Jennings on humor and the media
DESCRIPTION:Ken Jennings grew up in Seoul\, South Korea\, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show Jeopardy! In 2004\, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show and went on an unprecedented seventy-four game victory streak worth $2.52 million. Jennings’s book Brainiac\, about his Jeopardy! adventures\, was a critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller\, as were his follow-up books Maphead and Because I Said So! He is also the author of Planet Funny. Jennings lives in Seattle with his wife Mindy and two children. \nFrom John Stewart to Donald Trump\, Chaucer to Sumerian Tablets\, fart jokes to Cable TV “zingers\,” Ken Jennings lends his signature wit and whizzing\, encyclopedic perspective to the history of humor and how it came to dominate our modern world. Today\, an unprecedented number of people get their news from comedy shows. Newspapers race to find the catchiest headline with an avidity that forgets the need to inform. In our democracy\, showmanship has replaced good-nature debate. Jennings looks at the foundations of these current manifestations and what this says for where we might be headed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-with-angie-coiro-presents-ken-jennings-on-humor-and-the-media/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Darnell L. Moore: Coming of Age Black & Free in America
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM and Marcus Books present \nDARNELL L. MOORE\n“No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America”\nHosted by Greg Bridges \nwheelchair access advance tickets: $12 : : T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit \nWhat happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected\, heavily policed\, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? How do they learn to live\, love\, and grow up? Where should they turn when history rejects their very existence? Darnell explores these questions in NO ASHES IN THE FIRE. When Darnell Moore was fourteen years old\, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school\, harassed him because they assumed he was gay\, and poured gasoline on him. He barely escaped with his life. On many other occasions there were terrifying confrontations\, including some within his family… \nThree decades later\, Moore is an award-winning writer and activist\, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives\, and a tireless advocate for justice and liberation. No Ashes in the Fire is his compelling account of how that bullied\, frightened teenager not only survived\, but found such a unique calling. An editor-at-large at the content distributor Urban One\, and a columnist at Logo\, Darnell L. Mooore describes his bold\, candid memoir as “snapshots of my life” molded by forces of “brutality\, poverty\, and self-hatred.” \nDarnell L. Moore (born in 1976 in Camden\, NJ) is an American writer and activist whose work is characterized by anti-racist\, feminist\, queer\, and anti-colonial thought and advocacy. His essays\, social commentary\, poetry and interviews have appeared in various national and international media venues\, including The Feminist Wire\, Ebony Magazine\, and The Huffington Post.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/darnell-l-moore-coming-of-age-black-free-in-america/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Heather Abel // The Optimistic Decade
DESCRIPTION:Heather Abel will read from her just-released novel\, The Optimistic Decade. The Optimistic Decade has received praise from the New York Times\, Publisher’s Weekly\, Kirkus\, New York Magazine\, BBC\, People Magazine\, EW.com\, Buzzfeed\, NY Post\, Library Journal. Bookpage says: “The Optimistic Decade deserves the elusive accolade of “original” for its believable construction and flawless attention to detail. Within the brilliant\, multilayered canopy of the novel’s world\, Heather Abel’s writing comes across as a sincere and tender channel for a story that must be told. \nBuzzfeed says: “I loved every minute I spent reading Heather Abel’s The Optimistic Decade\, a sharply rendered portrait of the United States in 1990. The novel is rich in the conflicting energies of the time — lingering resentments from the previous decade’s stark class divisions\, a renewed hope for the decade to come — and these clashes are played out over the course of one summer at a Colorado camp. … The result is an exuberant and nonjudgmental examination of the unique conflicts of the era.” \nPittsburg Post-Gazette says: Writing with both warmth and incisiveness\, Ms. Abel has crafted an engaging look at idealism and the difficulties in maintaining it…The Optimistic Decade is an exceptionally timely look at what it means to be politically aware and reminds readers of the intoxicating power of idealism\, particularly when we find ourselves on the precipice of independence.” \nMore info here: http://heatherabel.com/reviews/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/heather-abel-the-optimistic-decade-2/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Vi Khi Nao\, Jennifer S. Cheng\, and Rita Bullwinkel
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 13\, 2018\n7:00 PM  9:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome celebrate new books by favorite writers! Jennifer S. Cheng’s “MOON: LETTERS\, MAPS\, POEMS” (Tarpaulin Sky\, May 2018) and Vi Khi Nao’s “Sheep Machine” (Black Sun Lit 2018). We might even have more writers releasing more books! \nJennifer S. Cheng writes at the intersection of essay and poetry. Her second book\, a hybrid collection MOON: LETTERS\, MAPS\, POEMS\, was selected by Bhanu Kapil as winner of the Tarpaulin Sky Book Award. She is also the author of HOUSE A\, selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the Omnidawn Poetry Book Prize\, and INVOCATION: AN ESSAY\, an image-text chapbook published by New Michigan Press. Her writing appears in Tin House\, Conjunctions\, AGNI\, The Literary Hub\, Black Warrior Review\, DIAGRAM\, The Normal School\, Guernica\, Hong Kong 20/20 (a PEN Hong Kong anthology)\, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships and awards from Brown University\, the University of Iowa\, San Francisco State University\, the U.S. Fulbright program\, Kundiman\, Bread Loaf\, and the Academy of American Poets. Having grown up in Texas\, Connecticut\, and Hong Kong\, she lives in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco.www.jenniferscheng.com \nVI KHI NAO was born in Long Khanh\, Vietnam. She is the author\, most recently\, Umbilical Hospital\, and of the forthcoming story collection\, A Brief Alphabet of Torture\, which won FC2’s Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize in 2016\, the novel\, Fish in Exile (Coffee House Press\, 2016)\, and the poetry collection\, The Old Philosopher\, which won the Nightboat Books Prize for Poetry in 2014. She holds an MFA in fiction from Brown University\, where she received the John Hawkes and Feldman Prizes in fiction and the Kim Ann Arstark Memorial Award in poetry. www.vikhinao.com \nRita Bullwinkel is the author of the story collection Belly Up(forthcoming from A Strange Object May 8th 2018). Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Tin House\, Conjunctions\, BOMB\, Vice\, NOON\, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony\, Brown University\, Vanderbilt University\, Hawthornden Castle\, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Both her fiction and her translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney’s. She lives in San Francisco. Read more about her here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/vi-khi-nao-jennifer-s-cheng-and-rita-bullwinkel/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Gillian Conoley and Paul Hoover
DESCRIPTION:Gillian Conoley’s most recent book of poems is Peace. A. Anupama\, in Numéro Cinq\, wrote\, “White space percolates this lyric\, while the current lull in American military actions forms the occasion of this book\, Gillian Conoley’s seventh poetry collection. With poems  titled “late democracy\,’ “[Peace] contrary to history\,” and “Trying to Write a Poem about Gandhi\,” the work pulls one way and then pushes back another\, testing the inner ground for breath.” Others of her collections include The Plot Genie\, Profane Halo\, and Lovers in the Used World. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry\, American Hybrid\, and Postmodern American Poetry. Her translations include Thousand Times Broken\, Three Books\, three previously untranslated books of the French poet Henri Michaux. Founder and editor of the literary journal VOLT\, she has\, among her honors\, four Pushcart Prizes\, the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from APR\, an NEA fellowship\, and a Fund for Poetry Award. \nPaul Hoover’s new book of poems is The Book of Unnamed Things. Mary Jo Bang says\, “Hoover’s concern with language’s representational inadequacy is shared by the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets he’s championed for years….However\, his own poems are more direct\, more lyrical\, and sometimes seethingly and seductively  melancholic. Central to all of them (regardless of language’s irrefutable limitations) is his keen intelligence and laconic wit.” Author of fourteen previous poetry collections\, he co-edited with Maxine Chernoff the literary magazine New American Writing and co-translated with her The Selected Poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin\, which won a PEN-USA Translation Award. Editor\, as well\, of Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology\, his honors include an NEA Fellowship\, the Frederick Bock Award of Poetry\, and the Jerome J. Shestack Prize of American Poetry Review.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-gillian-conoley-and-paul-hoover/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Leslie Jonath
DESCRIPTION:Presents Foraged Art: Creating Projects Using Blooms\, Branches\, Leaves\, Stones\, and Other Elements Discovered in Nature. \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Foraged Art by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, June 14\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the spirit of land artists like Andy Goldsworthy\, the book is as much about discovery as it is about creation. Leaves shaped like lips might inspire a face; an array of rocks might be become an eclectic mosaic; winter’s first snow might be carved into glowing luminaria.Whether you love to look for heart-shaped flowers or want to make a peacock made with flower petals\, you will find great inspiration and joy in Foraged Art. \nArt\, meditation\, and nature meet in this adult focused activity book\, with projects that take inspiration from the natural environment\, using blooms\, pods\, branches\, stones\, and other natural elements. Divided into chapters by natural elements–flowers\, leaves\, rocks and pods\, and more\, the book encourages readers to forage and play outside using nature’s seasonal art box. With quotes by artists on nature and creativity\, Foraged Art is about making art from what you find and finding art in what you see. \nLeslie Jonath is an author\, book packager\, and producer specializing in content for food\, art\, design\, and children’s projects. She is the author of many books including Snowmen\, Everyone Loves Paris\, Give Yourself A Gold Star and Love Found. She lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/leslie-jonath/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Michael Eric Dyson: Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present \nMICHAEL ERIC DYSON\nWhat Truth Sounds Like: RFK\, James Baldwin\, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America\nHosted by Kevin Cartwright \nEntry $20\, entry & book $35\, 2 entries & book $45\, Tickets: 800-838-3006\, or independent bookstores\, Benefit KPFA\, Info: kpfa.org/events \nMichael Eric Dyson is one of America’s premier public intellectuals. The author of last year’s outstanding bestseller\, “Tears We Cannot Stop\,” Dyson is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University\, a frequent contributor to the New York Times\, and an editor of The New Republic. Ebony magazine named him one of America’s 100 most influential African-Americans. In addition\, Dyson is a uniquely outstanding public speaker\, employing exceptionally deep knowledge with a talent for immediacy\, terrific wit\, and an extraordinarily rich voice. \nHis new book\, What Truth Sounds Like deftly explores the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy- of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured landscape. Dr. Dyson examines key players today\, from Jay-Z to Jordan Peele and LeBron James\, from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Kamala Harris. He ends with a paean to Wakanda\, the all too mythical nation celebrated in the film “Black Panther”. “If James Baldwin and his glorious crew could gather again\, they could hardly have a better place to reconvene and let the beautiful momentum of blackness wash over them as they sought to make America truly great. For the first time.” \nWhat Truth Sounds Like reveals how every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in a crucial meeting convened in 1963 when Robert F. Kennedy invited James Baldwin and a few of his friends to discuss Black America’s rage: disdain for black dissent\, the belief that black folk wallow in the politics of ingratitude and victimhood\, and that they lack hustle and ingenuity.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-eric-dyson-our-unfinished-conversation-about-race-in-america/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:FEEL 6 Bookstore (AT THE CRANEWAY PAVILION)
DESCRIPTION:We are really thrilled to be showcasing our books and a curated selection of others as part of the FEELS 6 shop! \nFEELS is a local Bay Area festival and showcase for radical imagination\, featuring live performances\, DJ sets\, and artwork from boundary-pushing creatives working in a wide variety of mediums. It is put together\, as always\, by our brilliant friends at Wine & Bowties\, and features a museum-style shop with a variety of merch from artists\, retailers\, presses\, and music labels. You might find us at the shop or just up at the Craneway Pavilion having a great time. You need tix in advance\, so get them now!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/feel-6-bookstore-at-the-craneway-pavilion/
LOCATION:The Craneway Pavillion\, 1414 Harbour Way S\, Richmond\, CA\, 94804\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Tommy Orange presents his debut novel\, THERE THERE (w/ R.O. Kwon)
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome Tommy Orange to discuss his jaw-droppingly good debut novel\,There There on Friday\, June 15th at 7pm. Tommy will be in conversation with R. O. Kwon. \n“We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy\, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid–tied to the back of everything we’d been doing all along to get us here. There will be death and playing dead\, there will be screams and unbearable silences\, forever-silences\, and a kind of time-travel\, at the moment the gunshots start\, when we look around and see ourselves as we are\, in our regalia\, and something in our blood will recoil then boil hot enough to burn through time and place and memory. We’ll go back to where we came from\, when we were people running from bullets at the end of that old world. The tragedy of it all will be unspeakable\, that we’ve been fighting for decades to be recognized as a present-tense people\, modern and relevant\, only to die in the grass wearing feathers.” \nJacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame in Oakland. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and has come to work the powwow and to honor his uncle’s memory. Edwin Black has come to find his true father. Thomas Frank has come to drum the Grand Entry. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather; Orvil has taught himself Indian dance through YouTube videos\, and he has come to the Big Oakland Powwow to dance in public for the very first time. Tony Loneman is a young Native American boy whose future seems destined to be as bleak as his past\, and he has come to the Powwow with darker intentions–intentions that will destroy the lives of everyone in his path. \nFierce\, angry\, funny\, groundbreaking–Tommy Orange’s first novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. There There is a multi-generational\, relentlessly paced story about violence and recovery\, hope and loss\, identity and power\, dislocation and communion\, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. A glorious\, unforgettable debut. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nTommy Orange is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow\, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland\, California\, and currently lives in Angels Camp\, California. \nR. O. Kwon is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. She has received awards from Yaddo\, MacDowell\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, Omi International\, the Steinbeck Center\, and the Norman Mailer Writers’ Colony. Born in South Korea\, she has lived most of her life in the United States. Her debut novel\, The Incendiaries\, is forthcoming this summer from Riverhead. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, June 15\, 2018 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere There (Hardcover)\n\nBy Tommy Orange\n$25.95\nISBN: 9780525520375\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Knopf Publishing Group – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tommy-orange-presents-his-debut-novel-there-there-w-r-o-kwon/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Bloomsday! Thomas Lynch reads from James Joyce's Ulysses
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Irish soda bread as Thomas Lynch continues reading the whole of Ulysses. Chapter Nine up next.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bloomsday-thomas-lynch-reads-from-james-joyces-ulysses/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Turk & Divis / Quiet Lightning album release party
DESCRIPTION:Turk & Divis (Evan and Miles Karp) launch the Quiet Lightning album\, featuring 11 tracks of original music scored to excerpts of 50 Bay Area writers performing live in last year’s QL shows.\nCome celebrate! Activities include:\n> A listening/screening party\n> Performances by a stout list of the album’s contributors:\nJack Foley\, Lorraine Lupo\, Tara Dorabji\, Eric Kurhi\, Claire Calderon\, Zephir O’Meara\, Hugh Behm-Steinberg\, Rohan DaCosta\, Charles Kruger\, Peter Bullen\, Adam Moskowitz\, and Wildredhawk\nLimited edition lathe cut vinyl and cassettes will be available!\nMore info + to pre-order: http://www.turkanddivis.com/quiet-lightning-vinyl/\nThis event is free and all ages. Doors at 7\, performances at 8pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-album-release-party-oak/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 16\, 7:30 pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nCelebrated New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff presents her highly anticipated new collection of short stories\, Florida. \n \nABOUT FLORIDA \nIn her vigorous and moving new book\, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms\, snakes\, and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life\, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human\, emotional\, and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy\, grown up; a restless\, childless couple\, a searching\, homeless woman; and an unforgettable\, recurring character – a steely and conflicted wife and mother. \nThe stories in this collection span characters\, towns\, decades\, even centuries\, but Florida — its landscape\, climate\, history\, and state of mind — becomes its gravitational center: an energy\, a mood\, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader\, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit\, a wave of sadness\, a flash of cruelty\, as she writes about loneliness\, rage\, family\, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect\, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain\, hope and despair\, love and fury — the moments that make us alive. Startling\, precise\, and affecting\, Florida is a magnificent achievement. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels\, The Monsters of Templeton\, Arcadia\, and Fates and Furies\, and the celebrated short story collection Delicate Edible Birds. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker\, Harper’s\, the Atlantic\, and several Best American Short Stories anthologies. She has won the Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction\, the PEN/O. Henry Award\, and the Pushcart Prize; and has been a finalist for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Orange Award for New Writers\, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSaturday\, June 16\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlorida (Hardcover)\n\nBy Lauren Groff\n$27.00\nISBN: 9781594634512\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Riverhead Books – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lauren-groff-discusses-and-signs-florida/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Tongo Eisen-Martin
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Heavan Is All Goodbyes\, Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free\, 7:00-9:00
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tongo-eisen-martin-2/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Get Lit #37 (Music by TBD)
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. Hosted by Christine No with music by TBD. \nFeatured lineup of writers TBA \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then Get Tacos.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-37-music-by-tbd/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 6:00pm\nMills College: Littlefield Concert Hall\n5000 MacArthur Blvd\nOakland\, CA 94613 \nJoin Yrsa Daley-Ward in exploring the honest\, humorous and vivid memories of her coming of age as an artist. Her prose and poetry takes us through a voyage that is brilliant and biting\, raw and succulent\, depicting the lush landscapes and textures of love\, trauma\, healing and metamorphosis. \nYrsa Daley-Ward will be discussing her new memoir\, The Terrible\, which explores the triumphant and tumultuous journey from girlhood to womanhood. A lyrical odyssey of the Diaspora as seen through the eyes and felt through the flesh and bone of a first generation Jamaican-Nigerian blooming in the United Kingdom. \nPegasus Books will be the onsite bookseller. \nSelect readings by Yrsa Daley-Ward\nQ&A followed by book signing\nSpecial musical guest ASTU \nTickets available here. \n \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 2018 – 6:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nMills College: Littlefield Concert Hall\n5000 MacArthur Blvd\n\nOakland\,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir (Paperback)\n\nBy Yrsa Daley-Ward\n$16.00\nISBN: 9780143132622\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Penguin Books – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yrsa-daley-ward-reading-conversation/
LOCATION:Mills College\, Littlefield Concert Hall\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland\, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Novelist Moriel Rothman-Zecher
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian \nMoriel Rothman-Zecher is an American-Israeli writer\, poet\, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem\, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science. A recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature\, his work has been published in The New York Times\, Haaretz\, The Paris Review’s Daily\, and elsewhere. Moriel lives in Yellow Springs\, Ohio with his wife\, Kayla\, and their dog\, Silly Department. Read more at TheLefternWall.com and follow him on Twitter @Moriel_R
URL:https://litseen.com/event/novelist-moriel-rothman-zecher/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian
URL:https://litseen.com/event/moriel-rothman-zecher-author-of-sadness-is-a-white-bird/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Moriel Rothman-Zecher in conversation with Ayelet Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian \nAyelet Waldman is the author of A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood\, My Marriage\, and My Life\, the novels Love and Treasure\, Red Hook Road\, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits\, and Daughter’s Keeper\, as well as of the essay collection Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes\, Minor Calamities\, and Occasional Moments of Grace and the Mommy-Track Mystery series. She is the editor of Inside This Place\, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons and of the forthcoming Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation. \nMoriel Rothman-Zecher is an American-Israeli writer\, poet\, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem\, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science. A recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature\, his work has been published in The New York Times\, Haaretz\, The Paris Review’s Daily\, and elsewhere. Moriel lives in Yellow Springs\, Ohio with his wife\, Kayla\, and their dog\, Silly Department.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/moriel-rothman-zecher-in-conversation-with-ayelet-waldman/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and Curated by Mk Chavez\, Sharon Coleman\, and Lark Omura. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\n\n\n\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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